New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-16
OBJECTING TO NYMPHS And SATiR"

,p covsrocK TEARS Up COPIES or A PAPER coz
TANNING A REPRODUCTIONS or THE PCT URE.
The sportng and Turf Record Is an illustrated
periodical devoted to sporting affairs IL n published
monthly nj No150 Nassau-si., In the same building IN
which the American Tract Society and Anthony Com
| stock have ofIces The nature OF the publication Is
such that its circulation il restricted almost entirely 10
persons interested in sporting subjects ana contains
nothing which would attract young people Of eitheF
sex TO peruse its columns.
| The April number, which Issued IN the early
part the present week. contained an hrcle upon me
| Hoffman House In which there was notice CT the
works of art III that hotel Accompanying The article
iull-pags illustration OF tue partoSm ana r.
Nymphs and Satyr" which has hung In the barrooin
for the last tour years.
| Yesterday afternoon II man without hat aud eli
deuly from Of the adj joining Offices entered the
Office OF " The Record and purchased copy OF the
paper containing tue reproduction OF the Bougncrenn
painting. A. ~ he had LAID down HIS money he
said TO Gustav g. Loewenthal, the manager Now
have the evidence against you want you TO stop
circulating this pict ure."
Mr. Loewenthal then recognized his visitor as
Anthony Comstock but lac SAID that he would not stop
selling the paper Mr.. CCmstock then turned 10
young lady who is employed Ia the office "a a clerk
and asked her how old she She replied that she
was sixteen and refused TO answer any more
Questions IT,. A.. ~, o,..,
thai promise that he would not let another copy oil
the pnper 20 out OF the Office and upon MT LOeweh
thai refusing to do said that he was going 10 the
District-Atorney's oilCe. Mr. Loewenthai SAID tha'
to the brownstoue building Neitheri Mr. MARITIME nor
his assistants we're the Office aud no action was
taken there As Mr.. Loewenthal had sent out almost
the entire edition before Mr.. Comsoek visited HIM he
finally consented 10 allow Mr. Comstock to tear the
offending picture from the remaiti ing copies oil 'he
paper in tue Office. Accordingly Mr. Comstock re-
turned to the office OF &" The Record and tore the
reproduction oil the Nymphs and Satyr" iron about
200 copies. ,
Mr. Loewenthal was indignant at Mr.. Comstock and
ssyagey berated him Tor Lis action lis said that no
failed TO recognize Mr.. COmstock's consistency In
pouncng down him when The original OF The icture
had hung Tor 80 many years in such public place as
the barroom OF the Hoffman House without any pro
test from Mr.. COmstock. He aske him why he ala
not suppress the large daily and weekly papers when
have lately published an illustrated advertisement III
every respect worthy OF suppression az the picture
which he published. -
Edward s. Stokes of the Holman House, WAS much
disgusted when he heard that Mr.. Comstork had nj,
tempted to oil ppress a reproduction OF his celebrated
picture aud said that he thought the gentleman was
going altoact too far When asked what he would
do # Mr. ComstOck attempted TO compel him to take
down the picture said that the subject was too non
sensical To DO considered.